I.T Help Desk
As an IT buff, I thought I would open the help desk.
Anything from PC's, and anything I.T related can be posted in here.
I will do my best to help you out.
I do have a Facebook Geek page, people can like and use if needed - link
Thank you and come again!
Thank you for your email, your request has been changed to medium importance and a member of the team will be in touch within 168 hours.
Haha pretty much, need more staff to keep this place running. 168 hours kinda good right now.
Is this the new Computer thread?
Sure why not, I couldnt see if one had been created.
I've tried googling this but not found a fix that actually works yet. On my doddery old home laptop svchost sometimes goes mental and takes a shit load of processing power and then when I kill the process everything runs quicker again (usually) but fucks up in other ways. Is there a simple idiotproof way to fix this?
Press Win + R and type 'msconfig' and click on Start up and see if there is anything you are disable that doesn't need to startup on boot up. If you have loads of icons on your bottom right taskbar, this might help with the svchost issue. Stuff like iTunes etc.. this will all take up memory and CPU usage, after a while will slow things down.Originally Posted by Ian
I've been through the startup stuff once or twice but there are probably things that I didn't know what they were so I just ignored them. Should probably get my Google on and see what they all are.
Take a screenshot and I can take a look.
I can't add songs to my iPod. I've tried it with a bunch of software packages but with each they transfer the songs and the software closes right at the moment it would finish, and the changes haven't saved. Any ideas?
Oh an I'm on Linux, btw.
How the hell do you get rid of conduit.
I am no Linux boffin so can not help you on that. Here is a Linux that might help you - http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8160
Are you referring to this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conduit_%28software%29
No, it's a search bar essentially which slows the fuck out of any browser you use.
I've followed all sorts of how to video and articles but none seem to work.
Its not actually for me, its for one of my business partners and like fuck am I paying someone to come and get rid of a search bar.
Ah ok, go in to Safe mode if you are running windows and removing it from Add/Remove if you havent already.
Install Spybot Search and Destory from here - http://www.safer-networking.org/spybot2-own-mirror-2/
Update that once installed and run it, it will take about 10 - 15mins and it should remove all adware and malware.
Found this - http://www.spywareremove.com/removesearchconduit.html I would go in to Safe mode and remove what you can manually after the Spybot bit.
Pain in the arse by the looks of it
Cheers sweetheart, I'll give that all a go tomorrow.
Been trying for the past hour to set up a pop3 work email on Outlook 2016. How the fuck can it not set up on that no matter what I do, but it will work instantly on the poxy default Windows 10 email? I have tried every port number I can possibly find for the outgoing smtp and it will not send an email even though they are coming in fine.
Finally. If anyone else is having the same problem then the fix is below. It occurs after the Windows 10 upgrade.
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/out...in-windows-10/
I need to get my hand on Office 2016
Windows 1.01 in your browser
http://www.pcjs.org/devices/pc/machi.../256kb/win101/
how cool is that, I think its the first time I have seen that
Same here. I think 3.1 was the first I used.
3.1 was my first I think, used DOS a lot, only loaded in to Windows for the Word or something. DOS was used mainly for the games, created a batch files so I could press 1 - 9 to load the games up, so I don't have to type C:\Program Files\...\... all the time.
In their wisdom my bosses have tasked me with making a short video showing some of our production process. I took the raw footage today but I need to edit it all together and tidy it up etc, now I've never done anything like this and as a first run it doesn't need to be anything amazing so I'm looking for suggestions for free to use software (ideally without watermarking) that will do the job.
Is Windows [Live] Movie Maker still a thing?
I'm a twit
Looks like it. - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/movie-maker
Well that would be handy, thanks chaps.
hello -
my laptop keeps intermittently resetting itself connection wise.
i get a err_network_changed error from Chrome every minute or two. it makes the internet generally unusable.
now i've already:
uninstalled/reinstalled the network adapter
updated drivers
reset/flushed my dns cache
reset my ip address
power cycled both the laptop and router/modem
uninstalled chrome
reinstalled chrome
tried another browser
changed LAN settings to not automatically detect
i really don't know what else to do.
any ideas are appreciated
My computer is becoming increasingly insistent that I download Windows 10. Is it something I should do?
Is it definitely the laptop?hello -
my laptop keeps intermittently resetting itself connection wise.
i get a err_network_changed error from Chrome every minute or two. it makes the internet generally unusable.
now i've already:
uninstalled/reinstalled the network adapter
updated drivers
reset/flushed my dns cache
reset my ip address
power cycled both the laptop and router/modem
uninstalled chrome
reinstalled chrome
tried another browser
changed LAN settings to not automatically detect
i really don't know what else to do.
any ideas are appreciated
Not if 7 is doing everything you need it too. I have 10 on my new pc and it's good (ie it's not actively annoying like 8 or Vista) but I have a feeling it would have been resource hungry on the old one.
Also spying.
I have Windows 8, and it's not that annoying now it goes straight to the desktop.
hello -
my laptop keeps intermittently resetting itself connection wise.
i get a err_network_changed error from Chrome every minute or two. it makes the internet generally unusable.
now i've already:
uninstalled/reinstalled the network adapter
updated drivers
reset/flushed my dns cache
reset my ip address
power cycled both the laptop and router/modem
uninstalled chrome
reinstalled chrome
tried another browser
changed LAN settings to not automatically detect
i really don't know what else to do.
any ideas are appreciated
Use a different browser, IE. If IE is still doing the same reset the settings for IE.
Also try turning off the Router for a minute or two and turn it on and try connecting to the internet again.
Otherwise, if you are getting internet connection issues you might have Malware/Adware installed causing issues.
Install Spybot search and destory, update it and login to Safe mode and run it.
Install Windows 10
I say yes because when I play FIFA or watch Netflix for example I don't have any resets. Netflix you could say maybe the show/movie just loaded in the time it was up, but I feel like FIFA would be unplayable.
And oh actually I also used the Internet Explorer on my Xbox One to surf and it was working perfectly without any delay or hold up at all.
I forgot to mention I also did a complete windows reset of my laptop back to factory settings as well as ran a few different cleaners (malwarebytes, ad-aware, ccleaner, can't think of the other one)
I'm so puzzled.
Are they hard wired? Try your laptop on a different connection.
Also check your dhcp on your router to see if you know all the devices that are connected, someone could of hijacked your wifi.
oh I do have the XBOX wired actually now that you mention it fuck my bad.
Gonna take it over to my buddy's house later tonight and double check.
Thanks bub I'll do that when I get home.
Thanks for the help fellers, I'm generally pretty decent at sorting out these things through google so I'm pretty frustrated at the moment.
This Windows 10 upgrade isn't going to wipe all of my files is it?
Your porn is safe, don't worry.
It's rubbish and takes longer to log in.
I do be logged into mine in less than a third of the time it took before.
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Windows 10 has revived my system. Back to being nice and quick again. Took ages for the update to become available, but it has been worth it.
Power on to desktop in about 10 seconds.
Nope, I have upgraded my work laptop and my home gaming rig and all files are safe.
You might need to install new graphics drivers and sounds drivers, and you are good to go.
Where's the cheapest place to legally purchase Microsoft Office?
I mainly require Excel and Outlook. 2010 versions would be fine.
The Office 365 subscription isn't too bad, though there's probably cheaper out there.
Would OpenOffice do for what you need?
EDIT: Ah, forget OpenOffice, I didn't see you needed Outlook.
Sadly OpenOffice isn't suitable for me. I've been given some mammoth spreadsheets to work with and they don't seem to import into open office very well. It's usable but far from ideal.
365 subscription isn't a bad shout. I didn't realise they offered a subscription model.
Can you take out a 30 day trial?
It looks like you can but at £5.99 a month I'm going to sign up. You can also cancel anytime which is fantastic.
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